..This report contributes to our knowledge regarding the natural history of AMS and includes the first report of an adult patient. It also adds further evidence that AMS is distinct from Barber-Say syndrome, which has similar features...

Septo-optic dysplasia and amniotic bands: further evidence for a vascular pathogenesis

Cathy A StevensDepartment of Pediatrics, Chattanooga Unit, University of Tennessee College of Medicine and T C Thompson Children s Hospital, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37403, USAAm J Med Genet A 125:12-6. 2004

..This hypothesis is also supported by the sporadic occurrence of SOD and its association with decreased maternal age, vascular teratogens, and neuropathologic findings suggestive of vascular insults...